Zhu Houzhao was not just conjecturing, Emperor Hongzhi was indeed angry. He had always treated Kuanzhi, and he didn't even finish listening to the summary of the day's memorial to the Chief of Ceremonies, so he impatiently ordered them to send all the cabinet drafts, and immediately put on his thick coat Hu Qiu took several eunuchs out of Qianqing Palace. He went to Kunning Palace to visit Queen Zhang and learned that Zhu Houzhao had never been here, but asked Gao Feng to come to visit and say hello. How could he not understand that his son must have slipped away to Xiyuan? I went to watch the excitement, but there was nothing I could do for a while.
He was in a bad mood and didn't want to just go back to Qianqing Palace, so he sat down and played two games of chess with Queen Zhang, and had a bowl of sweet soup. He didn't get up and leave until Shenshi passed, but he still didn't go back to the palace. He went straight to the Chengqian Palace and walked around. When he learned that Zhu Houzhao still hadn't come back, he couldn't help but gradually became worried. He found that the emperor had returned to Kunning Gate. He had just been promoted to the Imperial Horse Prison Zuo Jiancheng, but he was ordered to serve the Qianqing Palace. Biehong immediately took two steps forward and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the sky is gloomy today and it's about to snow again. If you want to go to Xiyuan, why don't you call Shang Jianyu?"
His little care for the calf was discovered, and Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but frowned, but he nodded in the end. After a while, the shoulder carriage had been carried over, and he had just sat up and sat down inside the Kunning Gate. A female official hurriedly ran out, bowed deeply and held a hand stove.
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother said that it is too cold in Xiyuan. She has just recovered from her cough now, so she will not go with you, so as not to be unable to go anywhere if she catches the cold. You can use this hand stove to keep warm. The red radish charcoal in it is fresh. The added amount is enough for a few hours."
Listening to Empress Zhang's obviously angry message, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but smile bitterly and ordered someone to take the heater and hold it in his hands. It was indeed very warm.
Seeing that the female official was not standing still, obviously still waiting for his reply, he thought for a moment and said: "Tell the queen that I will come back with the prince in a while, and we will have dinner at Kunning Palace.
There is no need for the food supervisor to serve you tonight, so let’s have the kitchen in Kunning Palace make some stomach-warming soup. The prince is just having fun today. “He will definitely be cold and hungry when he comes back!”
The female officer was waiting for Emperor Hongzhi's words. She bowed deeply and agreed, but a clear smile appeared on her lips. As she watched the group leave, she immediately turned around and walked quickly into the Kunning Gate. After a while, she Returning to the East Nuan Pavilion of Kunning Palace, he smiled at the anxious Empress Zhang and said, "Your Majesty, your Majesty said that he would bring His Royal Highness back later and have dinner at Kunning Palace. He also asked the small kitchen to cook more to warm the stomach. of."
"You know that the envoy has nothing to eat in his Qianqing palace?" Empress Zhang snorted angrily, but a smile finally appeared on her face. "Go ahead and pick the ones that the emperor and Hou Zhao like the most." Make a dish..."
Before he finished speaking, someone outside heard a call: "The Queen, Madam Shouning and the eldest lady would like to see you."
"Why are they here now?"
Empress Zhang was extremely puzzled for a moment, so she muttered to herself and ordered the news to be passed in. After a while, the mother and daughter, dressed in luxurious clothes, entered the Dongnuan Pavilion, and under the clothes of the palace maid, they removed their mink skins to warm their foreheads and warmers. Er. Emperor Hongzhi treated the empress's natal family with courtesy, so the Hou Ning Marquis and the Marquis of Jianchang were banned from the imperial family, and even the little girls in the family could enter the palace freely. At this time, Zhang Jingxuan followed her mother to kowtow to Empress Zhang. After turning over, he looked around for a moment and asked, "Where is Brother Hou?"
"Forget about that skinny monkey, he disappeared again. His father is looking for someone right now!"
Empress Zhang was angry, but her face was full of smiles. Mrs. Shouning Hou and Zhang Jingxuan looked at what they didn't understand. Without Mrs. Shouning Hou reaching out to push, Zhang Jingxuan smiled and pulled Empress Zhang's hand.
Hand said: "Looking at my aunt smiling so brightly, how could I have annoyed Brother Hou? Speaking of which, I haven't seen him for several days. When will I let him leave the palace and go home? I have a lot of new things there."
As her son got closer to her, Empress Zhang no longer worried about Zhu Houzhao being far away from her two uncles' homes as before, and immediately said with a smile: "The emperor has been watching him all day long these days when he went to the Wenhua Palace to listen to lectures.
He said that he was not allowed to be absent even if it rained or snowed. He had been harassing me for the past two days. As soon as he heard that there was something fun outside, he felt relieved again. After a while, I will let him go to your place to relax.
"
Mrs. Shouning Hou came to the palace this time just to mention the matter incidentally. Seeing Empress Zhang say this, she gave up for the time being. In a few words, she sent Zhang Jingxuan to go out with a female official, and said seriously: "Today, my minister
The reason why I came to see your empress suddenly is because I received your empress’ letter last time and my family sent a lot of gifts to Xing’an Bo Mansion. I heard that the crown prince’s reputation has been bad these days, and some people in the family even talked about it.
The reason why the Marquis made friends with such a nouveau riche before was because he intended to form a marriage."
"How could this happen?" Queen Zhang was shocked and angry for a moment, and immediately asked sharply, "Where is the person who chews his tongue?"
"Don't worry, Madam. He Ling has ordered you to be beaten to death."
When Mrs. Shouning Hou said this, the expression on her face did not change at all, as if she was not killing a person, but just a chicken. Seeing that Empress Zhang's expression became slightly clouded, she hurriedly said: "For the sake of the gift I gave you before.
The second brother and sister also had some questions in front of me, saying that they didn’t know how such a nouveau riche father and son could let the empress and the prince..."
This time, before she could finish her words, Queen Zhang became angry. She slapped the Kang table and yelled: "What does she know? She knows nonsense! If there was no reason, I would let you do such a thing?"
Rumors are just rumors, and the people in the family just talk about it and deal with it. There is no need to accuse the father and son of being nouveau riche. The father and son are the children of a well-established family, and they just had sex for several years. Go back and tell Jianchang
Madam Hou, if you want to hear these words from me again, don’t blame me, the eldest sister, for scolding her!"
Mrs. Shouning Hou only used her younger sister, Mrs. Jianchang Hou, as a cover. She didn't expect that Empress Zhang would be so angry, and she was caught off guard for a moment. However, Empress Zhang's attitude also made her feel moved, and she thought to herself that
The young man from the Xu family not only impressed the prince, but also managed to deal with the most difficult to serve in the middle palace. His ability is extraordinary. If this is the case, then the so-called marriage theory can be considered, after all, it is
It's an honorable family, and the daughter is of the right age.
Emperor Hongzhi naturally didn't know that Mrs. Shouninghou had brought her daughter to Kunning Palace.
Now that he was out of Xihua Gate, he couldn't help but feel that it was a bit abrupt for him to go to Xiyuan like this. As a result, Bie Hong suggested in a low voice that he should change to a stool and wear casual clothes, and he immediately agreed in an obedient manner.
Along the way, although there were often eunuchs standing by the roadside to salute, everyone thought it was just a few high officials who wanted to go to Xiyuan to watch the excitement on a whim, and they didn't take it too seriously. However, when Emperor Hongzhi said this
After working hard all the way in the wind and snow, we arrived at the inner school yard, only to find that there was no one there. After Bie Hong asked again, he learned that the young soldiers had gone to the temporary shed to listen to the lecture.
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"What are you listening to?"
Emperor Hongzhi had never heard of the fact that the army did not conduct drills at the school grounds, but had to listen to the lectures first. For a moment, he was puzzled and curious. However, when he got off the bench, he took a few big blocks to the shack.
When he stopped to watch, he saw that the person above him was not Xu Xun at all, but a young man who looked like a civil servant. He was talking about nothing else but Zhongjun!
"Therefore, if you have a heart of loyalty to the emperor, you have the principle of loyalty; if you don't have the heart of loyalty to the emperor, you have no principle of loyalty... You are originally remnants of the army. If there is no great grace from heaven, how can you gather here, how can you wear new coats, how can you
If you can provide food and pay like a regular army, how can you prepare to be the prince's retinue one day? Since you have enjoyed such benefits, you should serve your Majesty wholeheartedly..."
As the emperor of Zhiping for many years, Emperor Hongzhi naturally knew that only when everyone in his ministers took the word loyalty to the emperor in mind, could the Ming Dynasty last forever, so he was quite satisfied with the young civil servant's explanation, and even more satisfied
It is Xu Xun who can think of this.
The reason why he agreed with Zhu Houzhao to rebuild the avant-garde of the imperial army was not to satisfy his son's whim, but to give Zhu Houzhao more confidants, and the word "loyalty to the emperor" was undoubtedly the biggest prerequisite to ensure their loyalty.
"That person is Wang Shouren, the person in charge of the Ministry of War?"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Emperor Hongzhi secretly wrote down the name and quietly retreated. At this time, the eunuchs and guards accompanying him had already followed his previous instructions to find out where Xu Xun and Zhu Houzhao were talking.
Liu Jin, Zhang Yong and others were all caught off guard and started to watch together. When he walked slowly to the front of the room, even Liu Jin, Zhang Yonggu, Ma Yongcheng, these four bold people were silent for a moment and knelt down quietly.
on the ground.
Emperor Hongzhi ignored them and quietly entered the house, only to find that Xu Xun and Zhu Houzhao were obviously talking inside and outside the small house.
"Xu Xun, are you out of your mind? Ma Wensheng and Dai Shan are calling you a sycophant, but you still speak for them? Others have slapped you in the face!"
"Your Highness, of course I didn't slap my left cheek, so I put my right cheek up to give them a good beating. After three months, I will definitely ask these old men to take back what they said.
, but you are not just gloating after hearing some rumors now. Your Highness doesn’t want me to be so worthless? It’s not that I speak for them, but that someone is impeaching them at this moment, which really adds fuel to the fire. It’s not that I speak for them, then
The two elders have been officials for many years. If they really couldn't control their families well, there would have been signs that they were outside. What had those officials been doing? Most of them were talking about officials and officials, and they were judged by hearsay and reports.
When it comes to political performance, the most important thing when evaluating these eloquent officials is whether they dare to speak out, but the so-called daring to speak out is almost the same as nonsense!"
Xu Xun spoke louder and louder, even with a bit of contempt that he didn't bother to hide. To be honest, sometimes the character of this official is admirable and respectable, but most of the time, his biting attitude is really hateful.
It makes my teeth itch!
"You are right... those who speak ill of me, the prince, behind my back are the most censors.